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Marie Stopes
Sign in to saveAlso known as Mark Arundel, Erika Fay, Marie Carmichael, Stopes, Dr. Marie C. Stopes, Marie C. Stopes, Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, Marie Carmichael Stopes
British birth control campaigner and paleontologist (1880-1958)
Key facts
- Born
- Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes , ( 1880-10-15 ) 15 October 1880, Edinburgh , Scotland
- Died
- 2 October 1958 (1958-10-02) (aged 77), Dorking , Surrey, England
- Education
- University of London (BSc, DSc) University of Munich (PhD)
- Known for
- Family planning and eugenics
- Spouses
- Reginald Ruggles Gates ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1911 ; annulled</span>"}]]}'>ann. 1914 ) Humphrey Verdon Roe ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1918 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1935 )
- Children
- Harry Stopes-Roe
- Fields
- Palaeobotany
- Institutions
- University of Manchester
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Described at
Historical Figures Who Kept Their True Evil Hidden From The World
History often cloaked its villains in garments of greatness, only for time to strip away the illusion and reveal what truly lay beneath. Many figures celebrated as heroes or visionaries left behind a far darker imprint than their admirers ever suspected.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Edinburgh
- Place of death
- Dorking
- Occupation
- sexologist
- Educated at
- North London Collegiate School
- Employer
- University College London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Science
- Student of
- Sophie Bryant
- Field of work
- paleontology
- Movement
- eugenics
- Image
- Marie Stopes.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1881-00-00
- date of death
- 1958-10-02
- cause of death
- breast cancer
- Commons Creator page
- Marie Stopes
- Commons category
- Marie Stopes
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes
- writing language
- English language
- P6944
- Marie Stopes
- archives at
- Wellcome Library
- P12749
- Billio
- interested in
- eugenics
- collection items at
- Natural History Museum
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Encyclopedic overview
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (15 October 1880 – 2 October 1958) was a British author, palaeobotanist and campaigner for eugenics and women's rights. She made significant contributions to plant palaeontology and coal classification, and was the first female academic on the faculty of the University of Manchester. With her second husband, Humphrey Verdon Roe, Stopes founded the first birth control clinic in Britain, which bore her name for much of its 100-year history. Stopes edited the newsletter Birth Control News, which gave explicit practical advice. Her sex manual Married Love (1918) was controversial and influential, and brought the subject of birth control into wide public discourse. Stopes publicly opposed abortion, arguing that the prevention of conception was all that was needed, though her actions in private were at odds with her public pronouncements.
Early life and education
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